35230 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 124 / Monday, June 29, 1998 / Notices

1. Henderson Family Limited

Partnership, Vienna, Missouri; to

acquire voting shares of Maries County

Bancorp, Inc., Vienna, Missouri and

Progress Bancshares, Inc., Sullivan,

Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire

Progress Bank, Sullivan, Missouri;

Maries County Bank, Vienna, Missouri;

and Belle State Bank, Belle, Missouri.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Donald Ray Clark and Kitty Darline

Clark, both of Anadarko, Oklahoma; to

acquire voting shares of First State

Bank, Anadarko, Oklahoma.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 23, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–17205 Filed 6-26-98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than July 23, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Paul Kaboth, Banking Supervisor) 1455

East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. Citizens Bancshares, Inc.,

Salineville, Ohio; to merge with Mid

Am, Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio, and

thereby indirectly acquire Adrian State

Bank, Adrian, Michigan; American

Community Bank, N.A., Lima, Ohio;

Amerifirst Bank, N.A., Xenia, Ohio;

First National Bank of Northwestern

Ohio, Bryan, Ohio; Mid American

National Bank and Trust Company,

Toledo, Ohio; and Northside Deposit

Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In connection with this application,

Citizens Bancshares also has applied to

acquire MFI Investments Corp, Bryan,

Ohio; Mid Am Recovery Services, Inc.,

Clearwater, Florida; Mid Am Credit

Corp, Columbus, Ohio; Mid Am

Financial Services, Inc., Carmel,

Indiana; and Mid Am Private Trust,

N.S., Cincinnati, Ohio, and thereby

engage directly in permissible broker/

dealer securities activities pursuant to

§§ 225.28(b)(7) and 225.28(b)(8) of

Regulation Y; permissible collection

agency activities pursuant to §

225.28(b)(2)(iv) of Regulation Y;

permissible lending and leasing

activities pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(1)

and 225.28(b)(3) of Regulation Y;

permissible consumer finance, lending,

and loan servicing activities pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y; and

permissible trust company functions

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(5) of Regulation

Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., St.

Louis, Missouri; and its wholly owned

subsidiary, Ameribanc, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri, to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares and merge with First

Financial Bancorporation, Iowa City,

Iowa, and thereby indirectly acquire

First National Bank Iowa, Iowa City,

Iowa.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. BancFirst Corporation, Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of AmQuest

Financial Corporation, Duncan,

Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly

acquire AmQuest Bank, N.A., Lawton,

Oklahoma, and Exchange National Bank

and Trust Company, Ardmore,

Oklahoma.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Violeta Investments, Ltd.,

Hebbronville, Texas; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 9.18

percent of the voting shares of

Hebbronville State Bank, Hebbronville,

Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 23, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–17206 Filed 6-26-98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than July 24, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. CCF Holding Company, Jonesboro,

Georgia; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Heritage Bank,

Jonesboro, Georgia.

2. SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta,

Georgia, and SunTrust Banks of Florida,

Inc., Orlando, Florida; to merge with

Citizens Bancorporation, Inc., Marianna,